Healthcare and elderly care in Europe : institutions, challenges, and solutions for better coordination /: institutions, challenges, and solutions for better coordination. ([2023])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas Bahle (PhD, Senior Researcher, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim), Mareike Ariaans (PhD, Senior Researcher, University of Siegen and Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim), Katharina Koch (Researcher, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim), and Claus Wendt (Professor of Sociology of Health and Healthcare Systems, University of Siegen and Research Fellow, Mannheim Center for European Social Research, University of Mannheim, Germany).
• Authors: Bahle, Thomas; Ariaans, Mareike; Koch, Katharina; Wendt, Claus
• Other Names: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
• Contents: 1. Healthcare and elderly care in Europe: An Introduction -- 2. Theory: Institutions and actors -- 3. Data and methods: Interviews with stakeholder organizations -- 4. Germany: Social insurance with a divide between healthcare and long-term care -- 5. The Netherlands: Institutional fragmentation in a patient-centered system -- 6. Sweden: Regional and local autonomy -- 7. Switzerland: Merits and downsides of medical dominance -- 8. Professional-level problems: Staff shortage, divided responsibilities, or missing communication? -- 9. System-level coordination problems: Impact of the institutional structure -- 10. Conclusion: Coordination requires financing reform, institutionalization, and academization -- References -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (192 pages)
• Subjects: 362.1094; Medical care -- Europe; Older people -- Care -- Europe
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781802204070; 1802204075
• Related ISBNs: 9781802204063
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 12, 2023).
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